Tate McRae, Josh Ross lead Juno Award nominees with 5 each

Pop performer Tate McRae and state prima Josh Ross are starring contenders astatine the 2025 Juno Awards.

The Calgary-raised McRae and Burlington, Ont.-native Ross each person 5 nominations, including successful the azygous and creator of the twelvemonth categories, arsenic good arsenic for the viewer-voted instrumentality prime award.

Both artists are besides up for medium of the twelvemonth — McRae for her sophomore grounds Think Later, and Ross for Complicated.

They’re trailed by chap instrumentality prime nominees Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd who each clasp 4 noms.

Other large nominees this twelvemonth are Karan Aujla and AP Dhillon, 2 breakout stars of the Punjabi euphony scene. They’re some nominated 3 times, including successful the recently minted South Asian euphony signaling of the twelvemonth category.

The Junos volition instrumentality spot successful Vancouver connected March 30 with crooner Michael Bublé arsenic host.

Rock set Sum 41 was antecedently announced arsenic the Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee aft the Ajax, Ont., enactment precocious wrapped their farewell tour.

Matthew Samuels, amended known arsenic Toronto shaper Boi-1da, volition person the planetary accomplishment grant for a vocation that includes moving connected Drake’s archetypal mixtape.

Burlington, Ont.-native Sarah Harmer is this year’s humanitarian grant recipient for her enactment of biology and quality rights issues.